Nightlife - hangouts & clubs

Café Opera

Operahuset
Tel: +46 8 676 58 07
The waterhole of choice for superstars – and of course, the local jet-set – for as long as party-Stockholm can remember (which is to say, around 1980). Recently back on the map after a complete renovation. The Opera House, which was built 1898, and which has been declared a cultural monument, is also the location where a continentally mixed crowd goes wild to the accompaniment of Sweden’s best sound-system.
www.cafeopera.se

RICHE LILLA BAREN

Birger Jarlsgatan 4
Tel: 08-545 035 60
One of Stockholm’s most popular bars. Go here for good music, mini concerts, art films or just the drinks. Extremely crowded.
www.riche.se

DEBASER

Karl Johans Torg 1
tel: +46 8 33 60 99
The ceiling is low. The entrance looks like a garage door, the people in line are wearing tight, tight jeans, and it’s poorly lit inside. You get the picture: it’s a rock club. The hippest and most up to date in town. This is where guys like Kevin Rowland and James Iha come for a beer when they are in Stockholm. Serious risk of running into members of Sahara Hotnights or the Hives.
www.debaser.nu

Berns

Berzelli Park
Tel: +46 8 566 320 00
Unbeatable in the small hours – if you don’t mind queuing. A number of dancefloors playing everything from techno to soft soul, with a nice mixed crowd. You can get a good brunch at the Terence Conran-designed restaurant at weekends.
www.berns.se 

Spy Bar
Birger Jarlsgatan 20
Tel: +46 8 545 076 00
Spy Bar reinvented itself a few years ago, and now it attracts a mixture of media creatives and music fans, instead of the bankers and blondes of days gone by. The different bars play electronica, rock, funk and much more.
www.stureplansgruppen.se

STURECOMPAGNIET
Sturegatan 4
tel: +46 8 611 78 00
A Stureplan classic in two and a half stories. Stockholm’s most luxurious ladies’ room. Fierce doormen. Gigantic dance floor. Mixed crowd. Mixed music. Expensive drinks.
www.sturecompagniet.se